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Method of making a portable and collapsed structure

US4462145A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 23, 1981
Grant dateJul 31, 1984
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 23, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49876
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

This invention is a structure encompassing a large volume of area used for traffic delineators, warning and instruction signs, and the like. It is characterized by being formed from materials specially formed and hinged in such manner as to be collapsible for storage and transport when not in use. The structure and the method involved comprises a multiplicity (preferably three) of flat items hinged together in an angular relationship to one another when assembled, to encompass a large volume, but at the same time, so as to collapse into a single flat configuration for storage and transportation, by folding two panels to opposite sides of a center panel.

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